Chapter 1365 – [Abeth’s Dream]

There are two major courses in the Pungnyeongje race. One general course. And the other one was the course across the Stormzone Sanctuary.

And in terms of the length and risk of the course, the latter is the top. Even if you simply measure the length, it will be twice as long as the distance you have come so far, but the difficulty is also high. Because it was always stormy.

Of course, if Abes is good at flying, he will not fall if he is nervous. Johnny looks a bit worried too, but I can tell from seeing that he’s flying relatively well.

But what you have to think about here is that you have to keep focusing like that for at least two days.

This means that from now on, not only your physical strength and skills will be tested, but your mental strength as well. If anything gets loose…

“Aaaaa!!!!”

“Oh, it’s falling”

“Leave it alone. You won’t die.”

One of those flying is caught in a gust of wind, loses his balance and falls. I won’t die if I balance again in the middle and fly up, or if I fall to the ground. It was said that if you fall to the floor, the spirit will rescue you.

And, as he knew, the fallen Abes fell lightly to the ground, entangled in the wind. Even if I did well, I would have suffered only minor bruises, so I didn’t have to worry about getting seriously hurt.

But that changes the ranking. He who fell was Abes, who was talented enough to rank in the top 30, but he was pushed back to the top 100 because of those who were ahead of him in this accident. However, the ranks of those behind him rose one by one.

Race is basically like this. You have to beat the person in front of you to move up the ranks.

Entering the sanctuary, Johnny suffered quite a bit, but he endured surprisingly well. No, rather, as time went on he was moving towards the lead.

“Did Johnny get faster just by entering the sanctuary? No, I don’t think he did.”

“It’s not that I’m speeding up, it’s that everyone else is slowing down. You have to be careful in places like this. But Johnny’s small, isn’t he?”

“Oh, I see”

The larger the area exposed to the wind, the greater the influence of the wind.

That’s why the relatively large Abes struggled to keep their bodies steady even in the storm zone sanctuary. However, since Johnny is small, he is relatively less affected by it.

Since he has a small physique, he is light, so there is a possibility of being caught in the wind, but that is the same condition for other Abes in the first place. If the disadvantages are the same, the one with the advantages wins.

As night fell, the wind grew stronger. As the wind was stronger than during the day, some Abbesses thought it was dangerous and settled down in a nearby tree or in a hollow in a cliff to take a rest.

On one hand, that’s not a bad idea. If you recover your physical strength and mental power while doing that, you can fly faster when you fly again later.

But in the meantime, those who keep thinking of me go ahead. And even when they entered the Stormzone Sanctuary, the number of Abbes, who had been around 100, had shrunk to about 40. That’s not even half the number.

“Wow!!!! 40th place!!!!”

“I’m still in last place in the leading group, but I’m following along well.”

[It’s my first time participating, isn’t it good to follow like that?]

Pace control and timing are important in long-distance races. He has to measure the timing for his spurt, but Johnny is not in a hurry and proceeds step by step.

From behind slowly, close the distance and overtake the person in front. That’s why I was getting good grades right now.

But that’s not good. You don’t know when he’s behind you, but the further you go forward, the more Johnny stands out. Since I was learning at Charles’ school, there were still young students, especially those with small physiques, who participated and followed the lead group, and some people were happy.

“Hey, I never thought a child like you would follow me this far. Do your best!!!!”

“Don’t push yourself too hard!!! A promising child like you can look forward to another wind festival!!!”

“Ah, yes!!! Thank you!!!!!”

To be honest, when a kid in his early to mid-teens runs in a marathon and runs with the lead group, the other runners will of course appreciate it.

But now this race has great honor and glory at stake. And there were those who considered promising rivals a thorn in the eye and showed malice.

Teook!!!

“What?!”

“Ah, I’m sorry. But it’s because I’m so close to you!!”

One Aves slowed slightly and bumped the tips of their wings against each other. The damage to each other is not that great, but since they are flying in a gust of wind, their bodies shake and become dangerous even with a small impact.

Moreover, Johnny has a small physique compared to the other Abes. He is probably the smallest among Abes of the same age. So I wondered if it would fall despite such an interruption, but I staggered a little greatly to see if I had accumulated experience points, and then I got back to my center.

When something like that happens and you don’t react, it’s rather strange. Johnny glared at Abeth who was interrupting him, but that was all.

Do not retaliate Johnny just looks ahead. There is nothing in front of his eyes. He was looking at the vast space ahead of Tiego, who was flying far ahead.

“They said that if a man can’t see for three days, rub his eyes, and Johnny has grown up too.”

[Distribution has grown]

“Is not it?”

To Johnny, an intruder is just a fly. Not a fool who lost his original purpose and wasted time by caring about such a fly, but became a man who knew how to set his goal firmly.

Compared to Johnny, who gave up before and didn’t participate in the Wind Spirit Festival in the first place, he has improved a lot.

And so the race continues. The second day passed and the third day of the race arrived.

The players all look tired. If they had come this far, they would have been the most talented among the talented, but they were clearly tired. And that fatigue brings out the person who is caught off guard and continues to fall.

“Ugh?! Aaaaa!!!!”

“Falling?! Oh no!!!!!”

I won’t die, but it’s only natural that my ranking will drop. Among them, there was a 10th player from the front, so the dropout did not cover the rank.

And thanks to that, Johnny rose even higher in the rankings. Now it’s in the top 20. If it had been a while ago, I would have been satisfied with this level of performance, but still, there are fewer people in front of me than people in the back, so I am looking forward to winning.

[Hmm, looking at the map, the distance to the finish line is shorter than I thought. If you think about the records from the old windmill festival, they’re faster than average]

“Since we’re at about here… If we keep flying like this, will we be able to arrive in the afternoon?”

“Johnny seems to be working hard.”

“I know”

However, being fast is not good. Not all participants are of a high level, and if you look fast, you get impatient, so the competition has become more fierce.

Soon, several Aves who could not keep up with their pace fell back. He was eliminated from the lead group because he had lost his stamina, rested or crashed.

And using that gap, Johnny accelerated slightly. I don’t think it’s reckless, but using this timing, Johnny was able to get ahead. He was even half a torso ahead of Thiego.

“Wow!!!!!!”

[1st place, 1st place!!!! If we go on like this, we will win!]

“I don’t know yet, because there’s still a way to go. And then…”

Thiego, who had maintained his first place so loftily, glared at Johnny, who passed him and stepped forward. He was able to win the championship while maintaining first place, but that was over the water.

The gap is small, so you can reverse it as much as you like, but the wounded pride won’t come back.

“To think that a kid has followed you all this way. You’re quite talented.”

“Tiego…!!!”

“But you should have hidden the claws until the very end.”

Dig!!!

Thiego’s claws unfold. The sharp claws typical of birds of prey attacked Johnny.

“Oh?!”

“I’ll make you quiet like catfish in winter!!!!!”

Johnny used his small size to dodge his attacks. He was able to avoid a direct hit, but he couldn’t avoid a grazed one, leaving a wound on his chest, and the impact of the attack threw him off center, causing him to fall as it was.

Seeing that, Eden and Keter were enraged. He was outraged by the slanderous method of knocking out a competitor by attacking openly. It’s more like that because it’s not a physical fight because the competition is intensifying, but it’s intentional.

“Shall I screw it up? No, bear with it, the Yesro in me”

[Contractor. The heart understands, but it is a race that tolerates even this kind of behavior. Such an act is not a violation of the rules]

“But just because it’s not against the rules doesn’t mean you can accept a mean act!!!!”

“It can’t be helped, Eden. They’re putting it to good use. It’s mean-spirited, but smart at the same time.”

Johnny fell down there. The wind spirit supported him, so he fell and was not seriously injured, but he is bleeding due to the wound he received from Thiego.

Moreover, once you lose your pace and catch your breath, fatigue sets in. Even if it were to fly again, it would be difficult to fly at the previous speed.

“Johnny!!!! Are you okay?!”

“Yes, yes… I don’t think he’s hurt too badly. I think he could fly, but…”

Eden immediately created the essence of water and tried to heal Johnny’s wounds. But I stopped and stopped Eden.

Why? Eden, who was looking at me with eyes that said, was sorry for that. If we help here, Johnny is disqualified. I want to fly again, but I can’t.

In the end, we had no choice but to watch.

“It’s all over now. You trained me so hard, but in the end…… Even if I fly again now, it will be difficult to catch up with them.”

The lead group was already flying far away. Even if Johnny tried to catch up from now on, he would only be able to catch up if he had more than double his speed.

However, his stamina was consumed, he was injured, and even his will was broken, so it was impossible to do that. The best I could do right now was to fly slowly and get good grades.

“Johnny, did I tell you before? If you give up, that’s where it ends.”

“But now… I did my best, but it ended!! The championship was gone too!!!”

“Did you participate in the Wind Ring Festival to win from the beginning? You didn’t even intend to participate in the first place.”

“That……..”

“You worked hard. So, since it’s the last time, just give up everything.”

“No, it’s the same as before, and this time too, what the hell is it to say don’t give up and give up… Huh?”

At that moment, Johnny was speechless as if he had realized something.

And look into the distance Only you know what you’re looking at.

“I think I know what you mean, I think I know what you mean. This is, really…Really…”

“Okay? Then go.”

“Yes…… Thank you very much. Thank you very much for helping me up until now. Really… That’s all I can say.”

Johnny was ready to take off right away. However, the preparation process is different.

First, I took off the vest I was wearing and threw it away. It should contain the leftovers of the pemmican we made, but we throw it away without thinking about food.

I don’t know if I’ll participate in the race for a few days, but I put in a few days’ worth of Pemmican, but that action was with the mindset that I would finish the race at least today. And on the other hand, it gets lighter as well.

I don’t know how much the vest and pemmican weigh, but… It’s even a little lighter, so the speed is even faster. However, Johnny didn’t particularly care about the speed and started flying as it was.

[Looks like you’ve realized]

Jerosto looked at Johnny’s back as he flew away with quite proud eyes. That’s understandable, since Yesesto helped Johnny become that way.

Eventually, we follow Johnny again and watch his race. But Johnny was different from before.

Don’t get hung up on speed. And he didn’t care too much about the wind. It just flies, and there is no greed in it. I just fly to fly.

Now, Johnny is not obsessed with winning. He is bound by speed and is not impatient.

So it was like the wind.

“Because the wind is free, not bound anywhere.”

[If you don’t realize that, you have no chance of becoming a spirit in the first place. Because those who do not know what true freedom is cannot become the wind]

[They create spirits through a fairly complex process. But it looks like it’s worth it

Johnny’s flight wasn’t that fast. Compared to the lead group flying far away, it was such a speed that the distance would be widened even if it was rather slow.

However, even though Johnny’s flying form remains the same, his speed gradually increases. If you want to know what the cause is, it’s because of the wind spirits that are gradually approaching.

-Wow!!! I like him!!!!

-This wind bell festival is this kid?

-Let’s go!!! Let’s go, let’s go!!!!

– Seeing how young Abes is, he must be very talented!!!

Many wind spirits clung to Johnny. If it slowed down, on the contrary, it was accelerating faster.

The winds of the Stormlands Sanctuary are no longer in Johnny’s way. No, rather, it becomes the wind that accelerates Johnny’s speed even more, making him even faster.

Seeing that, I could roughly understand what Fulstead said. The winner of the Wind Spirit Festival did not simply win because he was the first to enter, but he won with the help of the wind spirit.

Two-thirds of the course is the Stormzone Sanctuary, and of course you will win if you receive help from the wind spirit instead of being disturbed. That’s why it was said that the winner of the Pungnyeong Festival becomes a spirit. Despite the fact that the causal relationship is reversed.

Continuing to accelerate and fly comfortably, Johnny caught up with the lead group before he knew it. And if that wasn’t enough, he beats them at high speed.

And he reaches the place where Thiego, who caused him to fall, is. He glared at Johnny, stunned.

“Yes, you bastard……!!!!!”

“I’ll pass”

“This bastard hee hee hee!!!!!”

Johnny had no other feelings for him. He is the opponent who attacked and crashed him, but he did not retaliate or do that.

To be bound by that kind of thing, Johnny has grown wonderfully. The wind that blows freely without being bound by such trivial things. That’s why Johnny just brushes past him, doesn’t do anything, and just goes fast.

But that rather stimulated Thiego.

It was only natural for her to get upset when a guy with high self-esteem who would attack her for being first place outspokenly outsprinted her and even ignored her.

“The winner is this tiego!!!! You think you’re handing the championship over to a country boy who doesn’t know where he came from!”

He didn’t even think about the pace distribution and accelerated only with anger. He catches up with Johnny at a fairly fast pace, as if he still had enough stamina left.

But that was all.

As he used up all his remaining stamina, he tried to catch up to Johnny, but Johnny became faster and lighter. Keeping up with such Johnny is beyond difficult and impossible.

And on the contrary, the action aroused anger.

Pududeuk!!

“Uh?”

It could have been avoided if he had picked up the pace slowly. However, it was natural for him to break his body if he suddenly did something that put a strain on his body stiff from fatigue, just as a sudden strenuous exercise puts strain on his body.

It’s not a matter of remaining stamina. It was a matter of physical condition. Thiego faltered as if his wings were not obeying them, and then, like Johnny before him, he began to fall down.

“I!!! I!!! This tiego aaaaa!!!!”

Normally, even if you fall, you won’t die because the wind spirit will protect you, but now most of those spirits are focused on Johnny.

Then what’s left? Fall limb.

I wanted to save him, but in the end it was his own business. That guy was the reason why Johnny woke up and became an idiot because he was pissed off by himself.

At last, poouk!!! I heard the faint sound of something like a tomato exploding. With that, Thiego’s agony also came to an end.

All that remains is to reach the finish line.

And before I knew it, the finish line began to appear in the distance. At the place that would normally be the entrance to the Stormzone Sanctuary, numerous Abbesses and other races wait and prepare to welcome them.

“Waaaaa!!!!!”

“It’s coming!!! Look there!!!! It’s wrapped around the wind spirit!!!!!”

“This year’s wind festival has a spirit……!!!!!!”

“Just a little more!!!! A little more!!!!!!”

Soon, Johnny reached the finish line. Thiego crashed, and the other Aves behind him were far away. They won the championship by an overwhelming margin.

And Johnny abandoned his body the moment he crossed the finish line. Johnny’s body, which was small and dwarfed, disappeared with a flash of light, and only Johnny, who had turned into a spirit, was left.

It looks like a seagull, but he has a bigger size and eventually crosses the finish line and lands on the floor. It reveals itself to others as a dignified spirit.

“”””Waaaaa!!!!!!!!!!””””

A loud cheering sound is heard.

Hearing this, Johnny only smiled faintly.